From the very begining, WSPC invested time and money in infrastructure and its human resources in order to successfully replicate the classroom environment in the online setting, in the transmission of knowledge and the tasting experience, set in the premises chosen by each student, without any compromises.

It created a ‘School within a School’ called “WSPC Online School” where all educational units are taught online sharing the curriculum of the in-person programmes in wines and spirits; Students need not buy the wines themselves and be encumbered with the cost of a full bottle.

Important Information

• Online courses have exactly the same content and teaching materials as in-person courses.
• They are conducted in more lessons of shorter duration, spread out over time (example: in Level 2 in Wines, a 5-hour in-person lesson corresponds to three lessons, over the course of a week in online courses)
• The lessons are conducted in real time and not pre-recorded, meaning students participate simultaneously with their instructor and their fellow students. There is interaction in both theoretical lessons and tastings.
• If a student is unable to connect to their lesson (or simply wishes to repeat it) the recording is sent to the students on the next business day of each lesson, and is available to them for approximately 10 days.
• Tastings are held as they are in the classroom and the exact same wines & spirits are tasted. In online courses, the wines & spirits of the respective tasting are bottled every week in WSPC’s dedicated state of the art lab and are received by the students 1-2 days in advance. For Level 1 in Wines, there in one shipment of samples (12 samples). For Level 2 in Wines, there are 5 shipments (47 samples) and for Level 3 (75 samples) there are 8.
• Before the courses begin, students receive detailed information on how to connect and use the training platform, deliver of the educational material, and instructions regarding the preparation required for each course.
• Online courses allow students living in remote areas to access the same high quality certified education from the same reputable instructors as in-person students.
• Since online courses last longer (more lessons of shorter hourly duration), students are given time to study and prepare between their lessons.
• There is absolutely no differentiation in the certification of online and in-person students. The mode of study is not indicated on the certification.

Important note: Exam are conducted only in person. Online students choose when and where to take the examination (based on predetermined examination dates and WSPC exam centres).